We called it. Mother Jones just published their story about gun sales on Reddit, and the entire “scoop” boils down to a couple snarky quotes from TTAG contributor FirearmConcierge and a heaping helping of the same thoroughly debunked anti-gun propaganda that we’ve seen time and time again. Hoary old gems like “40% of sales happen without a background check” (despite that being from 1994 before NICS was even in place). I love that we even correctly identified the quote from FC that they used. As for the meat and potatoes of the article, plan on going hungry . . .
There was no smoking gun of a transaction on Reddit that was illegal. There was no story about a crime committed with a gun bought via Reddit. There wasn’t even a sob story about someone committing suicide with a gun purchased through Reddit. And that’s because there’s no proof that Reddit’s community of gun owners are anything but law abiding individuals with admittedly strange nocturnal habits. So instead of running an article that describes the horror of legal gun sales online, it’s just more complaining about legal transactions and possible terms of service violations. It reads like a blog post about Colorado’s recent legalization of pot written by someone who hates weed.
I was planning on doing a point-by-point rebuttal, but there’s nothing there to argue against. The article was hoping to be a shot across Reddit’s bow, but it’s nothing but a damp squib. I’d love to take some credit for that, but I think the complete and total lack of any supporting evidence for their position did all the heavy lifting. This comment from under the MJ article pretty much sums up my opinion:
[…] the only story here is how Mother Jones takes any site where people buy and sell items, and tries to blacklist that site if people post guns for sale. As everyone knows by now, this is just another advertising medium, subject to the same laws as a want ad or newspaper classified.
Please let us know when there is an actual story.
I’ve said it before, it doesn’t matter where or when that 40% came from. Because there is absolutely no way they can know that information. I bought my first shotgun from a co worker out of his trunk, perfectly legally. I sold that shotgun to a friend, perfectly legally. No background check or receipt of any kind for either transaction. There simply isn’t any data for anyone to pull a stat from.
yeah, I’ve said the same for a long time.
how can you extrapolate a figure from a transaction that is not documented? it’s literally impossible to know how many firearms are privately sold, or how many are traded in criminal black markets between felons.
therefore, any figure is purely speculation.
based on this practice, I would estimate that 40% of all anti-gun politicians prefer to wipe their anus back to front, rather than front to back.
…and the anti-gunners continue to whine and hand-wring…
“I have a bigger one than you do.”
Are we entirely certain that the convenience-store clerk was referring to his firearm? 😀
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Mark Pryor is from Arkansas (AR), & is in deep, deep trouble. His latest campaign ad has him waving a Bible & talking directly into camera with sad eyes explaining that his faith & the Bible guide all of his decisions in the Senate. He may yet win re-election, since opponent may wake up from a roofied drink in a bed full of Indonesian prostitutes. Otherwise, I suspect he will suddenly announce his retirement so the libs can suddenly slip in a viable candidate.
This should be a wake up call for constitutional rights in general. Evidently the state of Connecticut can take legally purchased property without compensation. It is a legal precedent. If the state can confiscate a legally obtained gun, what would prevent them from taking your car, home, bank account or any other property?
We were winning until you typed OFWW. You just lost that demographic.
I was born and raised a Southerner. I have lived several places though. Southern is more of a state of mind than anything. Not so much where your born. During the war the people that came from the North to fight for the South, and vise verse for example.They are what they were fighting for. Not what side their residence was on. That invisible line doesn’t mean shit. Like the inbred Jokes. I’ve seen more in PA than in any southern state Ive ever been in.
We have been losing this fight since the 1930s. Now is no different. As long s those who want to strip us of our rights are still in office, we are losing. And we will continue to lose more and more, day by day until these repugnant men and women are removed from office and replaced by those that understand and respect our rights–ALL of them.
I disagree. A perfect example is how the other side lost it’s war on handgun’s and had to change their tactics and their names in order to continue their assault on the 2A. We have had some clear victories and some clear infringements. I’d call it a push at this point.
Well winning might include the breaking announcement just now that Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (CD #4 from Long Island NY) will not be seeking re-election. She was a one trick pony and maybe she sensed a sea change even in her commie district that would make the run more difficult than she likes. Then again that she is dieing of lung cancer so she would be out sooner or later….LOL.
BTW the article never stated the ex marine was a Democrat so how would you know he was a member of the countries largest socialist organization.
I’m not really sure where the debate is here. The Judge obviously works as advertised. If you decide to carry a revolver for self-defense it appears to be an adequate choice.
Sure you can fire a gun from a ransom rest and say it’s accurate. The point is when someone actually picks it up and fires it in that self defense situation. That 5.5 in he got is a natural variation. I’d like to see someone do that in person. However, I know that I can do that at 25 yds with an XDS. Comparatively, the accuracy is not there, and that is the problem.
Same here..